{"meta":{"dataset":"state-civil-rights","title":"State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753029","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753029","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23753028","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports, version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753029, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). State civil-rights agency complaints and charges: figures printed in state annual reports (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23753029","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are counts state agencies publish, kept for research and marketing planning. A complaint or charge is not a finding that discrimination happened; rights and deadlines are for your own counsel.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/index.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/state-civil-rights/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"summary":"Complaint and charge counts that state civil-rights agencies print in their own annual reports or publish as open data, one row per figure with the document's URL and a verbatim quote: California Civil Rights Department (2024 intake forms and immediate right-to-sue requests), Illinois Department of Human Rights (charges received and employment charges in fiscal year 2024, charges docketed in 2025) and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (allegations in employment complaints, fiscal years 2021-22 to 2024-25 and the part of 2025-26 so far). Each quote is re-checked against the document, and each Pennsylvania figure against the portal's own aggregate. States that block the fetcher or publish no count are not included.","key":"jurisdiction","count":10,"keys":[{"key":"CA","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/jurisdictions/CA.json","records":2},{"key":"IL","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/jurisdictions/IL.json","records":3},{"key":"PA","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/jurisdictions/PA.json","records":5}],"endpoints":{"key":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/jurisdictions/{jurisdiction}.json","all":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/state-civil-rights.json","search":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/search.json","changes":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/changes.json","csv":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/state-civil-rights.csv","openapi":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/state-civil-rights/openapi.json"},"records":[{"id":"state-civil-rights:CA-intake-forms-cy2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"CA","stateName":"California","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"California Civil Rights Department","measure":"intake-forms","period":"calendar year 2024","status":"P","text":"California, calendar year 2024: 33,505 intake forms received (all civil rights areas), as printed in California Civil Rights Department's CRD 2024 Annual Report. Includes housing and other areas, not only employment.","value":33505,"unit":"intake forms received (all civil rights areas)","quote":"In 2024, CRD received a total of 33,505 intake forms from members of the public who alleged civil rights violations.","document":"CRD 2024 Annual Report","documentUrl":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","sources":[{"label":"California Civil Rights Department: CRD 2024 Annual Report","url":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"California Civil Rights Department","url":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","release":"CRD 2024 Annual Report","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Includes housing and other areas, not only employment.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:CA-immediate-right-to-sue-cy2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"CA","stateName":"California","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"California Civil Rights Department","measure":"immediate-right-to-sue","period":"calendar year 2024","status":"P","text":"California, calendar year 2024: 16,924 intake forms that were immediate right-to-sue requests in employment cases, as printed in California Civil Rights Department's CRD 2024 Annual Report. A right-to-sue request closes CRD's own investigation so the complainant can sue.","value":16924,"unit":"intake forms that were immediate right-to-sue requests in employment cases","quote":"Of those, 16,924 were part of an immediate","document":"CRD 2024 Annual Report","documentUrl":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","sources":[{"label":"California Civil Rights Department: CRD 2024 Annual Report","url":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"California Civil Rights Department","url":"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/11/CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf","release":"CRD 2024 Annual Report","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"CRD-2024-Annual-Report.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"A right-to-sue request closes CRD's own investigation so the complainant can sue.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:IL-charges-received-fy2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"IL","stateName":"Illinois","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","measure":"charges-received","period":"state fiscal year 2024","status":"P","text":"Illinois, state fiscal year 2024: 2,906 charges of discrimination received (all areas), as printed in Illinois Department of Human Rights's IDHR Annual Report FY 2024.","value":2906,"unit":"charges of discrimination received (all areas)","quote":"In FY 2024, the agency received 2,906 charges of discrimination","document":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","documentUrl":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Illinois Department of Human Rights: IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","release":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"FY 2024 Illinois Department of Human Rights Annual Report.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":null,"confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:IL-employment-charges-fy2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"IL","stateName":"Illinois","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","measure":"employment-charges","period":"state fiscal year 2024","status":"P","text":"Illinois, state fiscal year 2024: 2,342 charges filed in employment, as printed in Illinois Department of Human Rights's IDHR Annual Report FY 2024. 80.59% of the 2,906 charges received.","value":2342,"unit":"charges filed in employment","quote":"2,342 Charges 80.59%","document":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","documentUrl":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Illinois Department of Human Rights: IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY%202024%20Illinois%20Department%20of%20Human%20Rights%20Annual%20Report.pdf","release":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2024","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"FY 2024 Illinois Department of Human Rights Annual Report.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"80.59% of the 2,906 charges received.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:IL-charges-docketed-fy2025","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"IL","stateName":"Illinois","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","measure":"charges-docketed","period":"state fiscal year 2025","status":"P","text":"Illinois, state fiscal year 2025: 2,698 charges docketed (all areas), as printed in Illinois Department of Human Rights's IDHR Annual Report FY 2025. FY2025 counts docketed charges; FY2024 counts charges received, so the two are not strictly comparable.","value":2698,"unit":"charges docketed (all areas)","quote":"Charge Processing docketed 2,698 charges (a 6% increase from FY24)","document":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2025","documentUrl":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf","sources":[{"label":"Illinois Department of Human Rights: IDHR Annual Report FY 2025","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Illinois Department of Human Rights","url":"https://dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dhr/publications/documents/ar/FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf","release":"IDHR Annual Report FY 2025","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"FY2025-IDHR-Annual-Report.vf.pdf"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"FY2025 counts docketed charges; FY2024 counts charges received, so the two are not strictly comparable.","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2021-2022","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2021-2022","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2021-2022: 3,866 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. ","value":3866,"unit":"allegations of discrimination in employment complaints","quote":"data.pa.gov SoQL: select sum(allegations) where subject_area='Employment' and state_fiscal_year='2021-2022' returns 3866","document":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","documentUrl":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","sources":[{"label":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission: Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","release":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"data.pa.gov i3hm-qnwp"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. ","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2022-2023","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2022-2023","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2022-2023: 5,099 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. ","value":5099,"unit":"allegations of discrimination in employment complaints","quote":"data.pa.gov SoQL: select sum(allegations) where subject_area='Employment' and state_fiscal_year='2022-2023' returns 5099","document":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","documentUrl":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","sources":[{"label":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission: Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","release":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"data.pa.gov i3hm-qnwp"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. ","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2023-2024","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2023-2024","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2023-2024: 5,973 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. ","value":5973,"unit":"allegations of discrimination in employment complaints","quote":"data.pa.gov SoQL: select sum(allegations) where subject_area='Employment' and state_fiscal_year='2023-2024' returns 5973","document":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","documentUrl":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","sources":[{"label":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission: Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","release":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"data.pa.gov i3hm-qnwp"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":false,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. ","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2024-2025","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2024-2025","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2024-2025: 4,004 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. 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","confidence":"high","confidenceBasis":"primary source; checked within 400 days; totals tie to the official file"},{"id":"state-civil-rights:PA-employment-allegations-fy2025-2026","dataset":"state-civil-rights","jurisdiction":"PA","stateName":"Pennsylvania","county":null,"countyName":null,"level":"state","agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","measure":"employment-allegations","period":"state fiscal year 2025-2026","status":"P","text":"Pennsylvania, state fiscal year 2025-2026: 4,412 allegations of discrimination in employment complaints, as printed in Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission's Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current. Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. Fiscal year 2025-2026 covers July 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026 only.","value":4412,"unit":"allegations of discrimination in employment complaints","quote":"data.pa.gov SoQL: select sum(allegations) where subject_area='Employment' and state_fiscal_year='2025-2026' returns 4412","document":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","documentUrl":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","sources":[{"label":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission: Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-28"}],"source":{"agency":"Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission","url":"https://data.pa.gov/Employment-First/Human-Relations-Complaints-of-Discrimination-State/i3hm-qnwp","release":"Open-data table: Human Relations Complaints of Discrimination, state fiscal year 2021-2022 to current","accessed":"2026-10-28","file":"data.pa.gov i3hm-qnwp"},"flags":{"suppressed":false,"noise":false,"preliminary":true,"moe":null},"verified":"2026-10-28","lastChecked":"2026-10-28","note":"Allegations, not complaints: one complaint can carry several. Fiscal year 2025-2026 covers July 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026 only.","confidence":"medium","confidenceBasis":"preliminary figure"}]}